Bridgestone Americas Celebrates Groundbreaking for Headquarters in Downtown Nashville

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Bridgestone Americas, Inc., a subsidiary of Bridgestone Corporation, celebrated the groundbreaking for its new 30-story, more than $200-million headquarters to be located in the SoBro area of downtown Nashville, Tennessee. When completed in mid-to-late 2017, the new facility will house more than 1,700 employees — 1,100 in Nashville and 600 new jobs from three out-of-state business units being relocated to the city.

Bridgestone has outgrown its current leased headquarters facility on Marriott Drive near Nashville International Airport. With its lease expiring in late 2017, the company launched an extensive search for a new headquarters location to support future growth. Nashville and the new property were selected after a nationwide search by a Bridgestone team, as well as the retained support of commercial real estate services and investment firm CBRE Group, Inc.

The planned 514,000-square-foot headquarters building will be located at 4th Avenue South and Demonbreun Street. Bridgestone Americas selected Highwoods Properties to develop the company's new headquarters. Global architecture firm Perkins + Will has been retained by Highwoods and Bridgestone to design the new facility, including the interior. These design elements are expected to be LEED certified at the Gold level and reflect best practices in workplace space design. Brasfield & Gorrie is the building contractor and has already begun site preparations. The facility is intended to be primarily single-tenant office occupied. Upon completion it will stand among the largest and tallest corporate headquarters buildings in Nashville.

The new headquarters will be home to Bridgestone Americas" corporate staff and supporting functions, as well as Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC; Bridgestone Retail Operations, LLC; Firestone Building Products Company, LLC and Firestone Industrial Products Company, LLC.